Senior Backend Engineer

MANUAL is a fast growing Healthtech scale-up, aiming to be the healthcare provider that millions of people trust as their partner to a long and healthy life. Our platform allows users to quickly and safely diagnose possible conditions, get treatment and support them afterwards to live a higher quality life. To do this we are building an all in one healthcare platform which brings together world leading medical expertise and technical excellence.We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our growing global team and contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives. This is a hybrid role for our office in London (UK) or Sofia (BG).Who you areYou’re a software engineer with at least 5 years commercial experienceYou have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffsYou are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the worldYou have strong ownership mindset - “you build it, you run it”You’re eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zoneThe idea of working in a successful, high growth startup in a fast paced role excites youWhat you will doDevelop scalable & reliable systemsDevelop core functionality for our own customer facing and internal products, systems and data platforms, and e-commerce capabilities using modern frameworksDevelop extensible platforms and architectures that make it possible to quickly and efficiently launch new products and lines of businessDevelop and maintain integrations with third party systemsDevelop the APIs powering the web & mobile platforms for our product portfolioDrive impact in a team environmentYou’ll work with other software engineers, designers, QAs, product managers, business stakeholders and domain expertsYou’ll drive impact and own your work end2end - from scoping & planning, architectural design decisions, implementation and testing, to production deployment and operations.What We Need From YouAt least 5 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or equivalentFamiliarity with scalable cloud architectures, design patterns and best practicesPractical experience with CI/CD and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code)Readiness to quickly learn PHP (our main BE language for the moment)Experience with databases & data management practices - relational databases & search enginesExperience with TDD and testable code - unit / integration / performance testingGreat verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammatesAbility to zoom in and out - be comfortable with getting into the relevant low-level details while also making the optimal tradeoffs for achieving the “big picture” goalsThis is a hybrid role and you need to be based in London (UK) or Sofia (BG) so you can be in the office 3 days per weekExperience you may haveA degree in CS or equivalent is a plusPractical experience with building scalable & highly reliable cloud systems that support product used by millions of users around the world 24/7Familiarity with modern JS frameworksExperience working in cross functional teamsAn eye for user behaviour and design and attention to detailOur hiring processTeam fit interview: you'll meet with product & tech leadersCase study: a take home tech task to assess your software engineering skillsTech interview: you'll meet with tech team and discuss your case study solution2 Interviews with members of the executive teamOfferWe are destigmatising how people approach their health by offering easy access to diagnostics and a holistic range of treatments, as well as a community to help proactively improve one’s health and wellbeing. A place that didn't exist until now.